I find myself in an unusual situation -
I just bought a non-functional "Lexicon 224" for a really decent price, hoping that it might be something that I could repair.
It arrived today along with it's white, metal, original 224 controller. It has the usual, all black with NO blue faceplate clearly stating that it's a 224.
I looked around back to hook up the cable and found a 9 pin D-sub connector where there sould be a 25 pin connector.
Then I opened up the unit and found the ROMs were labeled as "224xl version 8.2".
Confused, I called Jim Fabiano and explained it all to him. According to Jim it's a 224xl. Strange, because I didn't know that anyone ever upgraded the original 224s. Also strange, because it came with the original 224 remote.
So, we discussed my options, and it appears that they are to either try to find a LARC for the XL or to have him downgrade it to a 224x and use it that way.
Can anyone make any suggestions as to what my best options might be? It will probably cost around $500 to have it downgraded. If I can find a LARC for about the same price or a little more, would I be gaining anything over the 224x? What is added when you use the LARC?
Lastly, anyone have a 224xl that they'd be able to take some front and back pics of, just so I can verify a few things?
Thanks!